Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oriental Trading Company, Inc., 4206 South 108th Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA 68137
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.
AmputationFingertip(s)Special process machinery, unspecified
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